EdTech+Tools

media type="custom" key="4183411" - Two free, web-based tools available to teachers.

media type="custom" key="1511733"- Online conferencing solution that allows participants to use voice/audio to communicate in real-time.

media type="custom" key="1511753" - Learning Management System (LMS) that allows teachers to create online course sites and deliver educational content over the Internet.

media type="custom" key="1511777" - Online event registrations and tracking of Act 48 credits.

Top Ten Classroom Technology Must-haves: > **What is a wiki?** > A wiki is a webpage, or collection of web pages, that one or more users/members can contribute to and maintain using online editing tools. > **Why use a wiki?** > Wikis make creating online content a breeze and the fact that people or users can join a wiki to be aware of updates or changes to content or to contribute to it, makes this a powerful collaborative tool. Wikipedia is one of the largest known wikis having been translated into 262 languages. The strength (and vulnerability) of Wikipedia is that anyone can edit it. When you have the entire world proof-reading, editing and contributing to your content… it gets good! > **Websites:** > www.wikispaces.com > [|www.pbwiki.com] > > > **What is Jing?** > Jing is a free software program used to snap a picture of anything on your desktop, record video of what you do, or what you see on your computer screen, record audio while you speak and publish those pictures or videos instantly. > **Why use Jing?** > Jing is a powerful, yet easy to use tool that allows you to publish to a URL, send via email or instant message, or post to a blog or wiki high quality images or videos with or without audio. > **Website:** > [] > **What are Video Sharing Websites?** > Web sites that allow individuals to upload video clips and share with other users. > ** Why use Video Sharing Websites? ** > Share and view user-created videos, comment on videos, subscribe to specific user content, create a video blog, respond by video comment, free hosting and distribution of content with varying levels of privacy/security. > ** Websites: ** > [|www.youtube.com] > http://vids.myspace.com/ > **What is Jumpcut?** **SORRY! UNFORTUNATELY, JUMPCUT HAS SHUT DOWN.** > If you’re running Windows, you should have a program called Windows Movie Maker on your computer. If you have a Mac, you should have iMovie. You can use these applications to make movies and upload to other video sharing sites, such as [|Flickr]. > Jumpcut is a website that allows users to upload video clips and edit them; or upload other content, such as pictures and audio to create videos. > **Why use Jumpcut or other Video Editing Websites?** > True, with the free video editing software that comes on most PCs (Movie Maker) and Macs > (iMovie), that one might ask “Why would I bother?” One easy response is, have you ever edited a project on a work, office, or school computer and needed to work on it later? With web-based video editing, you can pick up right were stopped because your video is stored virtually, instead of locally on one computer. You can work from almost any computer and always have the latest version of your work. > ** Websites: ** > [|www.jumpcut.com] > **What is Flickr?** > Flickr is an image and video hosting website and online community platform. Users tocan upload and share personal photographs. Its multitude of organization tools fuels its popularity. As of November 2007, it claims to host more than 2 billion royalty-free images > **Why use Fickr or another Photo Sharing Website?** > Store, browse and use royalty-free images and videos. Any questions? This web2.0 tool is one of the first, and one of the best. > ** Websites: ** > [|www.Flickr.com] > **What is Picnik?** > Picnik is a web-based photo editing tools that can be used to make minor edits to images and then save or distribute edited versions. > **Why use Picnik or another Photo Editing Website?** > Picnik is easy to use and can export saved images to Flickr, Facebook, and many other sites that host images. > ** Websites: ** > [|www.picnik.com] > **What is Bloglines?** > Bloglines is a web-based news aggregator for reading syndicated feeds using the RSS. That means Bloglines acts like a “catcher” for any online content that you choose to subscribe to. > **Why use Bloglines or another RSS Reader?** > Imagine not having to check the local news sources every day or your favorite websites. Instead, you tell your RSS reader, such as Bloglines, what online sources you want to subscribe to and when new information is added, you are linked directly to it from Bloglines. > ** Websites: ** > [|www.bloglines.com] > reader.google.com > > > **What is Audacity?** > Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Would you like to give a student feedback using your voice? WOuld you like to make a podcast? > **Why use Audacity?** > It's an easy to use, free audio recording program that allows you to reach others in a more dynamic way. When people can hear your voice, they feel more connected to you and understand more clearly. > **Website:** > http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ > media type="custom" key="2108011" > Social Bookmarking > [|www.blogger.com] > [|www.wordpress.com] Other Recommended Tools:
 * 1) Wikis
 * 1) Jing
 * 1) Video Sharing Websites
 * 1) Jumpcut
 * 1) Flickr
 * 1) Picnik
 * 1) Bloglines.com
 * 1) Audacity
 * 1) Del.icio.us
 * 1) Blogs
 * 1) Digital Text - greatly increases the opportunities for instructional interaction between the student and the curriculum content.
 * 2) Learning Management System such as Blackboard, eSchool Builder or Moodle
 * 3) Social Networking Sites such as MySpace, LinkedIn & Facebook.  Imbee.com is a social networking site for kids!
 * 4) Internet Access
 * 5) Interactive Learning Environments – enable students to engage, interact, and relate new information to prior knowledge.